Company type | private foundation |
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Industry | Marine conservation and science, Health and life science |
Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Ernesto Bertarelli, Dona Bertarelli, Maria Iris |
Website | https://www.fondation-bertarelli.org |
The Bertarelli Foundation is a private foundation founded by the Bertarelli family; brother and sister Ernesto and Dona Bertarelli, who are co-Chairs of the Foundation, and their mother, Maria Iris Bertarelli. It was established in 1998 in memory of Fabio Bertarelli and is based in Gstaad, Switzerland.[1] For ten years, the Bertarelli Foundation focused on promoting an understanding of infertility, especially multiple gestations.[2] This reflected the work of the family’s business, Ares-Serono, in the field, including its development of influential infertility treatment Pergonal.[3] Following the sale of Serono, the Bertarelli Foundation refocused its activities onto the fields of marine conservation and neuroscience research, as well as projects in their local communities.[4] The Foundation has a sister organisation in Italy, the Fondazione Bertarelli, which promotes cultural activities in Tuscany, where the family’s ColleMassari wine estate is located.[5]